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Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
| Webinar | Date | Description | Video | Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | February 5, 2025 | ACSD Updates for 2025 | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Series | February 19, 2025 | Blood Usage Data | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Data Manager Training Webinar | February 25, 2025 | Website Overview, FAQ Mailbox, Training Manual, Other Resources | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Data Manager Training Webinar | March 4, 2025 | Software, Data Specifications, Risk Model Variable Chart | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | March 5, 2025 | Signs of a Great Regional Group | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Data Manager Training Webinar | March 11, 2025 | Case Inclusion, Selection of Index Procedure, PROC ID Chart | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Series | March 19, 2025 | Transfusion Task Force, Melissa Williams, Duke University Medical Center | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Data Manager Training Webinar | March 20, 2025 | Data Submission (Harvest), Data Quality Report (DQR) | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Data Manager Training Webinar | March 25, 2025 | National Report Analyses Overview, Process and Outcome Measures, STAR Ratings | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Data Manager Training Webinar | April 1, 2025 | Helpdesk Support | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | April 2, 2025 | Data Manager Survey | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Data Manager Training Webinar | April 8, 2025 | IQVIA Reporting | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Series | April 16, 2025 | Translating cardiac surgery PBM guidelines into clinical practice: UVA experience, Dr. Karen Singh, UVA | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | May 7, 2025 | Preparing for Harvest | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Reporting Webinar | May 21, 2025 | Review of H1 2025 Reports | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | June 4, 2025 | ACSD audit, the multi-procedural composite, thresholds for star ratings, database endpoints, quality measures, and exceptional risk | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Webinar | July 16, 2025 | STS staff wrapped up the last quality improvement series, “Decreasing Blood Usage.” STS staff kicked off the next quality improvement project, “Decreasing Postoperative Renal Failure.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | August 14, 2025 | STS staff and consultants provided an update on important dates (timeline, harvest, AQO). Melinda Offer, STS Consultant, ACSD, provided education on Transcatheter Procedures Gone Bad. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | September 3, 2025 | STS staff and consultants provided an update on important dates (timeline, harvest, AQO). Melinda Offer, STS Consultant, ACSD, provided education on resuscitation and emergent salvage. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Series | September 17, 2025 | STS staff kicked off the ACSD Quality Improvement Series, Decreasing Postoperative Renal Failure, with a presentation from Michael Brown, CCP, “Successful Integration of AKI Strategies Focusing on VCSQI AKI Recommendation Guidelines to Improve Outcomes.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Series | October 15, 2025 | STS provided staff updates regarding the harvest, AQO, and IQVIA dashboards. There was an open forum where participants engaged in conversation about decreasing postoperative renal failure. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | November 5, 2025 | STS staff and consultants provided an update on important dates (timeline, harvest, AQO), the status of the exceptional risk exclusion program, data clean up, and updates to the training manual. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | December 3, 2025 | STS staff provided an update on important dates (timeline, harvest). Melinda Offer, ACSD Consultant, provided education on “AVR After TAVR.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Series | January 21, 2026 | Deanna McIntire, PT, MHS, and Marc Burkard, PT, CCS, from University of Virginia Health, present “Prehab Power: Enhancing Surgical Success Through Frailty Assessment & Prehabilitation.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | February 4, 2026 | STS staff provides updates on important dates, data clean up, the training manual, and AQO 2026. Melinda Offer, RN, MSN, provides education titled, “Aorta Session #1: Introduction and Anatomy.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Quality Improvement Series | February 18, 2026 | Amanda Rae, DNP, CRNP, AGACNP-BC, CCAPP, CCRN, CMC, CSC, E-AEC, from University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center presents “Goal Directed Therapy.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | March 4, 2026 | Melinda Offer, RN, MSN, provides education titled, “Aorta Session #2: Aorta Risk Factors.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | April 1, 2026 | Aorta Session #3. Melinda Offer, ACSD Clinical Consultant presented education on the presenting symptoms of aorta conditions and diseases relevant to ACSD data abstraction. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD QI Series Webinar | April 15, 2026 | Erica Negrini from Health Catalyst shared a surgical note template to aid in the abstraction of ACSD data elements. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | May 6, 2026 | STS provided a review of upcoming report enhancements including: Case Mix Report, Failure to Rescue, and the Surgical Treatment of AFib Metric. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD QI Series Webinar | May 20, 2026 | STS provided database updates, training manual updates related to surgical site infection, and a data clean-up review prior to 2026 Harvest 2 close. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Audit Webinar | June 2, 2026 | STS and HMS provided a review of the STS National Database Audit Policy and audit instructions for those chosen for the 2026 ACSD Audit. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| ACSD Monthly Webinar | June 3, 2026 | Melinda Offer presented database education - Aorta Session #4 Primary Indication-Dissection. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
General Thoracic Surgery Database
| Webinar | Date | Description | Video | Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | January 8, 2025 | Basic abstract guidelines and best practices for the GTSD | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | February 12, 2025 | Educational session on coding sequence 1890-2000 and how to code when a patient experiences a blow hole | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Quality Improvement Series | February 27, 2025 | Presentation on Readmission After Lobectomy for Lung Cancer – Not All Complications Contribute Equally by Dr. Lisa Brown, UC Davis Health Director of Research and Quality, Division of General Thoracic Surgery. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | March 12, 2025 | Education on the lung cancer section, case scenarios for pathological T-stage, synchronous primaries, and pathological M stage. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | April 9, 2025 | GTSD data manager survey | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Quality Improvement Series | April 24, 2025 | Discussion regarding GTSD readmission rates | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Executive Dashboard Release | April 30, 2025 | GTSD Executive Dashboard report | Listen to recording | No Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | May 14, 2025 | Data manager education for the following data variables: HistPreopMeds (690), PsychDisorder (840), ECOGScore (870), LCInvAdjStrMulti (1875), PostOpProc (3670), Pneumonia (3720), Pneumo (3800), and POChyLeakGrade (4180). | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Quality Improvement Series | May 29, 2025 | Presentation on Readmission Rates by Kelly Rubino, MSN, RN, NI-BC, CCRN, CPHQ, at Hackensack Meridian Health | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | June 11, 2025 | STS staff provided an update on the Fall 2025 Harvest, GTSD Analysis Overview, June Training Manual, GTSD Participant Dashboard Updates, GTSD Executive Dashboard Enhancements, GTSD Risk Adjusted Report and AQO. Ruth Raleigh, STS Consultant, GCSD, provided education on the analysis overview document, updates for Seq 1880 in the training manual, and information regarding clinical staging. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | July 9, 2025 | STS staff provided updates regarding the GTSD audit and AQO registration. STS GTSD consultant, Ruth Raleigh, provided a review on what cases are analyzed, bipolar exclusions and lymph node documentation. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Quality Improvement Webinar | July 31, 2025 | STS staff provides updates on the QI project, “Reducing Readmission Rates.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | August 13, 2025 | STS staff provided updates regarding the Fall 2025 harvest, GTSD audit and AQO. Ruth Raleigh & Leigh Ann Jones provided a preview of the 5.26.1 Data Collect Form which will go live in January 2026. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | September 10, 2025 | STS staff provided updates regarding the Fall 2025 harvest, conclusion of the Data Manager Collaborative, and AQO. Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided education on Seq 610, Seq 740, Seq 800, Seq 1620, Seq 1910, Seq 2030, Seq 4080, Seq 4270, and Seq 4310. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | October 8, 2025 | STS staff provided updates regarding the Fall 2025 harvest, the draft v.5.26.1 data collection form, and AQO. Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided education on case inclusion, synchronous primaries, diagnostic vs. therapeutic resections, and anastomotic leaks. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD 5.26.1 Data Version Upgrade Webinar | November 12, 2025 | Leigh Ann Jones, STS National Database Manager, CHSD & GTSD, and Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided a walk-through of the 5.26.1 data collection form. Leigh Ann & Ruth cover the admission through preoperative evaluation section. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD 5.26.1 Data Version Upgrade Webinar Series | November 19, 2025 | Leigh Ann Jones, STS National Database Manager, CHSD & GTSD, and Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided a walk-through of the 5.26.1 data collection form. Leigh Ann & Ruth cover the diagnosis through esophageal cancer section | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD 5.26.1 Data Version Upgrade Webinar Series | December 3, 2025 | Leigh Ann Jones, STS National Database Manager, CHSD & GTSD, and Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided a walk-through of the 5.26.1 data collection form. Leigh Ann & Ruth cover the thymus resection through discharge section. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD 5.26.1 Data Version Upgrade Webinar Series | December 10, 2025 | Leigh Ann Jones, STS National Database Manager, CHSD & GTSD, and Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provide answers to all questions related to the 5.26.1 data collection form. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | January 14, 2026 | STS staff provided updates regarding 2026 harvest dates, the December 13 release of the missing variable report, location of Version 5.26.1 resources, reminders regarding the FAQ process, and the 2026 AQO Meeting location. Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided a walk-through of the updates made to the Version 5.26.1 Training Manual. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | February 11, 2026 | STS staff provided updates regarding 2026 harvest dates, Version 5.26.1 resources, and AQO 2026. Jeffrey Velotta, MD, provided education on the temporary field activation for diagnostic CT chest scan date (Seq Number 4600 – TempDt). Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided updates on the DCF and training manual. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Quality Improvement Webinar | February 26, 2026 | STS staff discusses the 2026 GTSD Quality Improvement Project, “Timeliness to Surgical Resection.” | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | March 11, 2026 | STS staff provided a checklist for GTSD harvest close. Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant, provided education on Seq 970, Seq 1810, Seq 2111, Seq 3840 and Synchronous Primaries. Questions were answered in preparation for the harvest close. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | April 8, 2026 | STS staff provided a brief update on GTSD Harvest Deadlines and AQO: Advances in Quality and Outcomes, A Data Managers Meeting. FAQ updates for the month of April were also reviewed and discusses in detail. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Monthly Webinar | May 13, 2026 | STS Staff provided an update on the Spring 26 Harvest Report release, the 2026 Audit and this year’s AQO Meeting. Ruth Raleigh, GTSD Consultant provided educational content on NGS, Driver Mutations and Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer. The session ended with a robust Q&A segment. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| GTSD Audit Webinar | June 4, 2026 | STS staff and Healthcare Management Solutions staff discuss the audit process and procedures for 2026. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
Congenital Heart Surgery Database
| Webinar | Date | Description | Video | Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | January 21, 2025 | Educational session on what's changed for the coming year, updates to the training manual, and a review of abstracting fundamental diagnosis. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | February 18, 2025 | Educational session on primary procedure, a mismatch report update, and an analysis update: Overlapping Episodes of Care. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Data Manager Training Webinar | March 6, 2025 | Preparing for the CHSD harvest | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | March 18, 2025 | Educational updates on database discharge dates and PDA ligation. Updates on primary procedure determination with combo codes and tied STAT mortality scores. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | April 29, 2025 | CHSD data manager survey | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | May 20, 2025 | Educational review on the difference between combination codes and procedures with multiple components, discuss case examples, and provide tips for deciphering OpNotes. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | June 17, 2025 | STS staff provided updates for table 18 and 19, harvest schedule, and AQO registration. STS CHSD consultants provided a review on the analysis changes and risk model. FAQ clarifications were provided for the COVID fields; heart failure, acute; and shunt, reoperation fields. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD New Data Manager Webinar | July 15, 2025 | STS staff provided updates on AQO registration. STS CHSD consultants provided a CHSD Risk Adjusted Analysis Report Review. They provided an analysis overview and discussed risk adjusted report calculation. They discussed tables 1 & 16 and provided a benchmark operation analysis & lesion specific analysis. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | September 16, 2025 | STS staff provided updates on the fall harvest and the conclusion of the data manager collaborative. STS CHSD consultants provided education on the FAQ process and answered non-clinical harvest questions. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | November 18, 2025 | STS staff provided updates on 2026 harvest schedule. STS CHSD consultants provided education on the the DCF vs. software application, an overview of the new table 17, and FAQ clarifications. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | December 16, 2025 | STS staff provided updates on the December training manual, harvest schedule, and AQO. Dr. Jim O’Brien, CHSD Workforce Chair, provided education on Table 17: CHSD Morbidity Analysis. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | January 20, 2026 | STS staff provided updates on the January training manual, harvest schedule, and AQO. Leslie Wacker, CHSD Consultant, provided education on a few coding best practices and clarifications/FAQ themes. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | February 17, 2026 | STS staff provided updates on the February Training Manual, 2026 Harvest Dates, and AQO. Chasity Wellnitz and Leslie Wacker, CHSD Consultants, covered the following education discussion topics: Preoperative Factor Update – Shock, Operation Type Update – VAD vs. ECMO, and Procedure Clarifications – Ozaki procedures. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | April 28, 2026 | During the session, the STS staff shared important updates, including the Spring 2026 Harvest Analysis Report posting, upcoming deadlines for the Fall 2026 Harvest, and details about the 2026 AQO—a dedicated meeting for Data Managers. CHSD Consultants outlined their plans for STS University, which will feature new educational videos tailored to CHSD Data Managers. The webinar also included an in-depth review of coding practices for both the diagnosis and procedures associated with ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) , as well as clarifications regarding the coding of procedures for Aortic Arch Repair cases with a Coarctation and/or Aneurysm Repair. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | May 19, 2026 | STS shared updates on the Spring 2026 Report Release and this year’s AQO Meeting. CHSD Consultants Leslie Wacker and Chasity Wellnitz outlined upcoming plans to reduce data collection burden and reviewed Optype Determination. The session also covered best practices for selecting the appropriate Optype, with several case scenarios used to illustrate key points. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Spring 2026 Analysis Review | June 2, 2026 | STS shared updated resource documents posted on the STS website. CHSD Consultants reviewed updated examples for overlapping episodes of care, changes to Tables 1 and 7, and an inclusion update for Table 17. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| CHSD Monthly Webinar | June 16, 2026 | STS staff provided updates on the June Training Manual, 2026 Harvest Dates, 2026 Analysis Reports, and AQO. Chasity Wellnitz and Leslie Wacker, CHSD Consultants, covered the following education discussion topics: Index operation identification & Neurological Deficit. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
Intermacs/Pedimacs Database
| Webinar | Date | Description | Video | Slides |
| Intermacs Quality Assurance Report Overview Quarterly Webinar | January 16, 2025 | Quarterly Reports Update with Brandon Singletary | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | January 29, 2025 | STS Updates and Open Discussion | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | February 26, 2025 | Data Manager Survey | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | March 26, 2026 | Quality Improvement Series-Transfer Process and Driveline Infection-Colleen Drake and Kelly McNamara-Diorio, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | May 28, 2025 | STS Updates, AQO Planning | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | June 25, 2025 | Database updates, reporting updates, and the agenda for AQO | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs & Pedimacs Quarterly Reporting Webinar | July 17, 2025 | Patricia Potter, Kirklin Solutions, provides updates on AQO registration. Brandon Singletary, Kirklin Solutions, discusses the quality assurance report. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | July 30, 2025 | STS staff and Kirklin Solutions staff provide updates on coding ECMO and RVAD support. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Call | August 27, 2025 | STS staff and Kirklin Solutions staff provide a time to answer questions about the Intermacs/Pedimacs Databases. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs & Pedimacs Quarterly Reporting Webinar | October 29, 2025 | Brandon Singletary, Kirklin Solutions, discusses the quarterly report and the upcoming Intermacs Dashboard. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs & Pedimacs Quarterly Reporting Webinar | January 15, 2026 | Patricia Potter, Kirklin Solutions, discusses the INNOVATE Trial and Intermacs. Brandon Singletary, Kirklin Solutions, discusses the quarterly report and the new Intermacs Dashboard. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | January 28, 2026 | This is the first Intermacs & Pedimacs Forms Training Series webinar. Rebecca Harap provided a presentation on the screening log and demographics sections. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | February 25, 2026 | This is the second Intermacs & Pedimacs Forms Training Series webinar. Patricia Potter provided a presentation on the preimplant and implant forms. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | March 25, 2026 | Patricia Potter, Kirklin Solutions provides updates on the Follow Up Forms. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs Quality Assurance Report Overview Quarterly Webinar | April 16, 2026 | Brandon Singletary from Kirklin Solutions provided a demonstration of the reporting capabilities of the Intermacs/Pedimacs dashboard. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs/Pedimacs User Group Call | May 27, 2026 | Patrcia Potter provided database updates and reviewed the 1 Year Post Cessation form, the Implant Discharge form, Transfers and the updated platform upgrade timeline. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
| Intermacs User Group Webinar | June 24, 2026 | Patricia Potter provided a presentation on how to code post-implant ECMO into the STS Intermacs Database. | Listen to recording | View Slides |
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